UFC 130 Recap: Rampage, Hamill and Roy Nelson's Belly
Posted on May 29, 2011, 01:41 AM by Ryan VenturaA packed MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada witnessed an action packed card featuring the UFC's elite Light-Heavyweights. Quinton "Rampage" Jackson wanted to show the world that he is still one of the most devastating power punchers in the game. Matt Hamill is one of the promotion's best wrestling and a win would boost his stock to the next level. With possibly title shots on the line, this fight is a suitable replacement for the former main event between Gray Maynard and Frankie Edgar for the Lightweight strap.
The story of this fight of was plain and simple. Matt Hamill had no answers for Rampage Jackson. Every single takedown attempt we witnessed was stuffed and when Hamill tried to trade strikes he was purely outclassed. As talented as Hamill has been in his last few fights, Rampage looked like he was in a different level of fighting altogether.
Jackson was fast, strong, aggressive, and his takedown defense never looked better. Will this win bring Rampage back to title contention? What is next in the career of the hammer?
Notes from UFC 130:
-I think Roy Nelson needs to lose the belly and drop to 205 now.
-Stefan Struve has a very bright future ahead of him still in his young career, but KO losses again Travis Browne. Where does Browne go from here?
-When Thiago Alves goes back to ATT it's back to the drawing board in the wrestling department. However, his striking is as fast and powerful as ever. It looked good against Rick "The Horror" Story.
-Big props to "The Marine" Brian Stann for his 2nd round TKO victory against the former Sengoku Middleweight champion Jorge Santiago.
Lowkick.com UFC 130 Main Card Awards:
Performance of the night - Frank Mir is back better than ever and looked awesome against Roy Nelson. His striking now fast and crisp for MMA standards combined with his BJJ black belt will make him a threat once again in the World Heavyweight title picture.
Fight of The Night - All fights in the main card were pretty lopped sided but my pick for the evening was Frank Mir's domination against Roy Nelson.
Disappointment of the Night - Jorge Santiago was returning to the UFC with a lot of hype. He didn't live up to any of it and I don't know who'll be next for him.
Did you enjoy UFC 130? What did you think of the evening's event? Leave your two cents in the comment.
Comments
WTF! i seriously thought all the stefan struve talk would be done he gets devistatingly KO everytime he fights a striker KO by rot nelson KO by JDS and Knocked Th F*** out by Browne/who btw isnt even a top 5 fighter maybe not even top 10 his stand up is terrible and he cant take a punch he has no chance in the UFC HW division!!!
thank you, i was asking myself too, from where all this Sturve hype, everytime he meets a good opponent he get's ktfo, he will never be a serius threat to the top guys in the division.
the only way roy nelson makes 205 is if burger king go outta business
I can't imagine Roy ever being at 205 beacuse he would basically hve to change his whole life.....I agree with Dana White that he should lost weight to about 240...that way he will be a bit more quicker and will hve more cardio and could lose fat to add muscle
Perhaps because he does as well as he does and has a pretty good record despite only being 23 years old. Not every 23 year old can be Jon Jones.
he has a good record against chumps, everytime they put him against that opponent who's supposed to see where he's really at he crumbles LITERALLY.
Struve got knocked out by someone with an undefeated record who was also under the same test of "seeing where he was really at". Hardly means that Struve is not a good fighter.
It's not what he has accomplished that has people talking about him, it's his prospects for the future. He's already more than competent now. If he goes a good five years training with and fighting the best, maybe putting on a little bit more muscle and fixing the holes in his striking game, how badass does he have the POTENTIAL to become?
I said this a while ago after he his last win and every1 was saying he's going to be a top contender 1 day. even though he's young with a future I just don't see it. he's an entertaining fighter but thats about it. I probably got 40 weaks when I said that he'll never beat a fighter with good K.O power.
Tired of paying 55 bucks for none title fights... Nuff said.
maybe there was no title fight but every single fighter with the exception of browne and story was top ten in their div and i bet after this both will be on the list. i really dont get the mentality of needing a title fight on every card a good fight between good fighters is entertaining regardless of the strap plus take it easy on struve i think he still needs to learn how to fight properly with his frame he has shown some improvement he may not be a threat now but with a little extra weight and some adjustments to his standup he very well could be
rick story is definitely a top 10 WW now, maybe even deserving top 5 status
Whoa whoa whoa, it's not get overly excited HunterB. Story isn't even top 10 material yet in my opinion. Let's wait for him to take on another elite opponent before we place him in the top 10. Alves was starting to figure out Story by the third round. I don't give much credit to Rick at all.
@ doom LMAO not surprised you don't rate him most people don't, he's been an underdog in the lowpicks for his last couple fights. However to say you don't give him credit is very ignorant of you. Alves is a top 5 WW or at worst top 7. Story beat him 2-1 and Alves only shone in the third because Story got tired. LMAO he didn't figure shit out he did exactly what he tried to do in the first two rounds and was able to because Story got tired. Question did you the shots Alves was hitting Story with ? no credit for his chin either right. LMAO
in my opinion alves was in the top five somewhere around #3 or #4 so yeah beating a top five guy should get you in the top ten
don't buy it then!
Dont buy it then u dumbass esp. when the title fight that was sceduled was scrapped, what a month or 2 ago??? And dont complain lots of great fights on that card!!
why dont you watch it on the internet steaming for free, pictures good and then you could get a hooker instead with the 55 bucks
third time in a row i got dissapointed with lackson, if he even pushed the pace hard for 30 seconds he would have a tko over that other guy with NO stand up at all, and the slowest highkicks in ufc history
great to see Mir back in the mix
im a big mir fan and it is great to see him back in the mix but he looked mad slow and gassed last night. His stand up was good but his new Huge physique is hurting him IMO. Theres a huge difference between the MIr that destroyed Nog and the Mir from last night
mir always gased in his fights has nothing to do with the extra muscle
imo he just needs to get used to it. He's been a smaller heavyweight for a while and now that he is getting bigger he also needs to kick the cardio up a notch
Yea I think working on his cardio could make Frank a champ again.
Well thats what comes with a bigger body muscle wise. More muscle needs more oxygen, if he dosnt work on cardo then hes just hurting himself by getting bigger. Size only gets u but so far.
Performance of the night for me was Rick Story. Not many fans knew who he was and he came in there and was not afraid of Alves at all. He stood with him, grappled with him and in the process took out a top 7 WW. I would love to see him face Sanchez next in wat would be a ****ing WAR!
I agree Story or Stann for performance of the night
Rather see him fight Fitch. I honestly think that fight would be exciting because both love to LnP but who will be the one on top
Stann dominated but that was the story of his last fight with leben. but Rick came in against Alves who is a dangerous fighter. He executed his gameplan and got the 2-1 dec. He also took some very big shots that wuda dropped a lesser fighter. So on that i give the performance of the night to Rick "The Neverending" Story.
Rampage made Hamill look like he's never wrestled and had him so unsure on the feet Hamill should have just fought Davis. I think Rampage vs Shougun 2 should happen soon or maybe just give him the shot at Jones. The Rampage that fought last night was probably one of the smartest i have seen in the octogon i have no idea how people can love GSP but boo at Rampage
Rampage vs Shogun 2 is the obvious fight and one I'd be dying to see, I'd be shocked if UFC doesn't make that fight happen asap.
Story is not a top 5 at MW he is incredibly one dimensional and I really thought Alves looked slow in this fight from the start.
Why would dana set that fight up when shugun just got his ass beat and rampage is on a win streak??? just because it seems like a good fight doesnt mean it makes since..its always been about fighting to get to the top in the ufc not taking steps back!!!
Alves has looked bad in his last 3 fights however, it seems from the comments thats its only credible when Fitch or GSp beat him. Rick Story beat a top 5 WW and he's getting no credit for it what wrong with the fans on lowkick. Question Krogan where do rate Jake Sheilds ? I ask because people had him at no.2 on here, RV did an article ''suggesting'' Sheilds could be GSP toughest opponent. Sheilds is as one dimensional as they come.
sheilds 8 or 9 depending on who you think is better sheilds or diaz
I am impress with Roy Nelson I mean that dude took a beating, heavy elbows by Mir but he(Nelson) just was not even rocked, well he could have been since he was stumbling around due to fatigue but man anyone else would have been knocked out with the elbow of Mir..